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June 12, 2000 Issue
"Life's been good to me, and I felt somewhat disconnected. I feel so darn lucky that I don't want to be a greedy pig."
-- Bob Pittman, "Venture Charity"
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| FEATURES | Venture Charity BY MERYL GORDON A decade ago, three young-gun investment bankers turned off by the stuffiness of the benefit scene decided the New Economy needed a New Charity to go with it. The results? A foundation run more like a hedge fund. With some heavy lifting from John F. Kennedy Jr. and other celebrity board members (not to mention music by the Who), the Robin Hood Foundation has become so hot, it's the New Establishment. Just the FAQs, Ma'am A home with five computers, four cell phones, two Palm Pilots, and assorted printers, scanners, and other digital paraphernalia demands a chief information officer to support them. That would be Mom. I Type, Therefore IM Now that the kids have instant messaging, it's as if a hundred of their closest friends are crowded into the family room. The China Club While thousands of orphaned Chinese babies have become adopted New Yorkers, their new parents have been busy adopting Chinese culture to make their daughters feel at home. Father Figures Jesse Green and Dan Savage on the pleasures of gay parenting and the anxiety it causes in others -- including other gay men. | Dining Family-Style BY JULIA MOSKIN Dining out is every New York parent's dream -- and nightmare. Three cardinal rules for taking the tribe out to eat -- and where to apply them. GOTHAM GOTHAM STYLE DEPARTMENTS The City Politic Rick Lazio's convention speech could easily have been delivered by Hillary Clinton The Bottom Line Tech stocks may be dead, but other bull markets abound | MARKETPLACE Best Bets BY CORKY POLLAN The perfect gift for a bird-watcher; Burberry beach towels Sales & Bargains Summer is turning into fashion's blue period as turquoise takes off THE CRITICS The RSC's nightmare of a Dream; Anonymous makes a name for Glen Merzer Art The Brooklyn Museum struggles to serve two masters The Underground Gourmet A soulful Egyptian café is an oasis in Queens; ethereal falafel in the financial district CUE Classifieds |